Independence of the United States

The Independence  of the United States (Independence Day or The Fourth of July) is the national holiday celebrated on July 4 in the United States. It was conducted in 1776. This day marks the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776 in which the country proclaimed its formal separation from the British Empire. It is usually celebrated with many outdoor activities such as parades, baseball games and fireworks. It is the traditional date of several motorsports, including the Firecracker 400 NASCAR Cup Series at Daytona, the Grand Prix of Cleveland Champ Car and the Watkins Glen Grand Prix IndyCar Series

The United States Declaration of Independence, solemnly read in Philadelphia, is still one of the most innovative and important texts of contemporary history. In it were two basic principles proclaimed later collected the great texts on fundamental rights: "freedom and equality".

According to her, the new states formed a republic, governed by a president and an assembly or congress, chosen both for all older people age. He had instituted thus a democratic regime, setting the rights and duties of governors and governed in a fundamental law or constitution.

The fate of the new nation was fought in a war with Britain that was difficult for the Americans during the first three years. Then, with the help of French and Spanish and conducted by George Washington, they managed to defeat their former metropolis in Saratoga (1777) and Yorktown (1781). Two years after the Treaty of Paris by which Britain recognized the independence of the United States was signed.

Background

Main article: Independence of the United States
During the American Revolution, the legal separation of the Thirteen Colonies from Great Britain occurred on July 2, 1776, when the Second Continental Congress voted to approve a resolution of independence that had been proposed in June by Richard Henry Lee of Virginia declaring the United States independent of Great Bretaña.Después of voting for independence, Congress turned its attention to the Declaration of independence, a statement explaining this decision, which had been prepared by a committee of five, with Thomas Jefferson as its principal author. Congress debated and revised the text of the Declaration, finally approving it on July 4. A day earlier, John Adams had written to his wife Abigail.